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A Triangle Area from Three Interior Distances

In ABC\triangle ABC, AB=2ACAB=2AC and BAC=60\angle BAC=60^\circ. An interior point PP satisfies PA=3PA=\sqrt 3, PC=2PC=2, PB=5PB=5. Find the area of ABC\triangle ABC.

plane geometryQuadratic Equationsanalytic geometryTriangle Geometry
8/10

An Alternating Binomial Sum

Evaluate

S = \frac{1}{2017}\binom{2017}{0} - \frac{1}{2016}\binom{2016}{1} + \frac{1}{2015}\binom{2015}{2} - \cdots - \frac{1}{1010}\binom{1010}{1007} + \frac{1}{1009}\binom{100…
combinatoricsRecursionalgebraBinomial Theorem
5/10

An Odd Exponential Fraction

The function

f(x)=2x+b2x+1+af(x) = \frac{2^x + b}{2^{x+1} + a}

is odd, with domain all of R\mathbb{R}. Find aa and bb.

functionsFunctional Equations
7/10

Circle on Diameter OM Meeting an Ellipse

figure

The ellipse C1:x2a2+y2b2=1C_1: \dfrac{x^2}{a^2} + \dfrac{y^2}{b^2} = 1 (a>b>0)(a > b > 0) has eccentricity 22\dfrac{\sqrt{2}}{2}, and …

CirclesPower of a Pointconic sectionsAM-GM+1
5/10

Isosceles Triangle Spanning a Rectangle

figure

As shown in the figure, in rectangle ABCDABCD the points EE and FF lie on sides ABAB and BCBC respectively. Triangle DEFDEF

plane geometrytrigonometryTrigonometric IdentitiesTriangle Geometry
7/10

Minimum Cost of Two Access Roads

figure

Town BB is 44 km due east of town AA. Town CC is 22 km from BB in the direction N3030^\circE. Along the riverbank, mode…

Extremaconic sectionsanalytic geometry
8/10

Twin Tangents

Let f(x)=aexf(x) = a\mathrm{e}^x and g(x)=lnx+bg(x) = \ln x + b with a,bRa, b \in \mathbb{R}.

1. When b=1b = 1, if f(x)g(x)f(x) \geqslant g(x) holds for all x>0x > 0, find the range of possible values of…

functionsLog Mean InequalitycalculusTangent Line Trick+1
5/10

Fifth Powers from a Quadratic

Complex numbers z,wz, w satisfy z+w=1z + w = 1 and zw=izw = \mathrm{i}, where i\mathrm{i} is the imaginary unit. Find z5+w5z^5 + w^5.

complex numbersRecursionalgebraVieta's Formulas
7/10

A Skip-Counting Sequence

A sequence {an}\{a_n\} has a1=1a_1 = 1, and for n2n \geqslant 2,

a_n = \begin{cases} a_{n-1}, & \dfrac{n}{4} \in \mathbb{N}^*, \\[2pt] a_{n-1} + 1, & \dfrac{n}{4} \notin \mathbb{N}^…
Arithmetic ProgressionsequencesCasework
6/10

A Sharp Numeric Bound

Let f(x)=ex+12x2+axf(x) = \mathrm{e}^x + \dfrac{1}{2}x^2 + ax.

1. If a=1a = -1, find the intervals on which f(x)f(x) is monotonic. 2. If a[0,1]a \in [0, 1], prove that

32f(x)>7.32 f(x) > -7.

(You may us…

ExtremacalculusMonotonicityEstimation
6/10

A Fence in a Corner

Two walls meet at a right angle. A fence of total length 6060 meters, consisting of two straight segments, is placed so that the two fence segments and the two walls bound a quadri…

plane geometryExtremaReflectioninequality
8/10

Two Radicals on a Square

For x,y[0,1]x, y \in [0, 1], find the range of

f(x,y)=1+xy1+x2+1xy1+y2.f(x, y) = \sqrt{\frac{1 + xy}{1 + x^2}} + \sqrt{\frac{1 - xy}{1 + y^2}}.
functionsalgebraCauchy-Schwarzinequality+1

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